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More People Should Really Know About: Daniel Tashian

May 21, 2024 Paul Russell 0

If ever there’s an artist who fits the bill for this feature it’s Daniel Tashian. He’s the go-to songwriter, he’s a top producer, a multi-award winner, as well as being a brilliant solo artist and band […]

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Grey DeLisle “Driftless Girl”

May 21, 2024 Viv Fish 0

A contemporary step back in time. It is easy to admire creative, artistic, comedic or musical talent, but when one person is gifted with the full range, you must ask yourself, when does this person ever […]

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Folk Tracks Roundup, May 2024

May 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s time to dip the glass once more into the rich punchbowl of folk and swig deep on the varied content to be found therein.  Ah, folk, it contains multitudes.  And to prove that we’ve got […]

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Elaine Palmer “Half Moon Rising”

May 21, 2024 Chas Lacey 1

English and American roots underlying a blossoming collaboration. For an artist who regularly crosses the Atlantic, it must be satisfying to find your songs featuring in the airline’s music library. Elaine Palmer’s 2017 release ‘Still Life’ […]

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Track Premiere: Laurie Lewis “Texas Wind”

May 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Laurie Lewis is gearing up to release her 24th album, ‘Trees‘, marking another step forward for the multi-GRAMMY nominee who has has carved out her place in the bluegrass/old-timey worlds as a uniquely singular vocalist, songwriter, […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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We ran a track by Utah musician Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix moniker last week but this one slipped by under the radar a few weeks ago. It’s another gem, to the extent that it made our […]

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Them Dirty Dimes “In Gold We Trust”

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Precisely played and entertaining jazz/roots Dutch debut. There was a little debate at AUK central about exactly where this offering sat genre-wise until musical uber galactico (see that clever meld of the kings of European football […]

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Thomas’ opening gambit Good Enough For Me sparkles with lyrical ideas and has a few sticky hooks thrown in. The first line Wish I could come down from this pedestal strikes the right tone somewhere between two […]

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